‘ambivalent ladder (Entrance Sans Souci)’ and ‘ambivalent ladder (Exit Cascade)’ are modular systems made out of aluminium. In its materiality they refer to foldable ladders, although in their shapes each is referring to a grand staircase. Positioned at the beginning and end of the exhibition
space, the ladders that wanted to be staircases,
function as a portal through the room.

The work „Ricordati di chiudere la finestra“ is about the transformation of material and its dematerialization. Industrial, ready-made materials, which were either bought or found, are de-familiarized. By making them serve their own purpose, each material and part of the work is carrying its significance towards the other.
Through this compilation of material and by creating a kind of serenity, the transformation ensures that the material is newly contextualized in the room: it is about the feeling of sensible nonsense, everything has to be exactly the way it is in order to work, however its actual meaning escapes.
While in a material process former works were responding to the physical space, with this work I try more to focus on the interface of sculpture and painting by translating distinctive painterly aspects into the three dimensional.

Luzie Meyer’s “The Balcony” is a video work loosely based on Jean Genet’s “Le Balcon”. In a brothel, three men (Bishop – Reece York, General – Dan Kwon, Judge – Salomo Andrén) live out their fantasies of domination with a prostitute (Luzie Meyer) – who is also the camerawoman capturing the scene. While struggles about the power over the narrative unfold, sadistic and masochistic desires are negotiated, veiled, exposed. Filmed with two cameras, the video exposes the supposed author of the image to a second testifying gaze that lies outside her control. Sound effects, music, and sharp image montage break narrative continuity. Dubbing evokes a discrepancy between characters‘ bodies and minds and blur the line between author and character, reality and fiction. An untrustworthy narrator voice that belongs to both prostitute and author gives an account of the scene, further complicating the relation between fiction and reality.

The installation is composed of various cryptic elements , which , after having had time to reflect upon, elude to a narrative engaging with themes of redemption, love, boredom, institutionalization, deception, and time. The work is a cumulative installation and i see it being composed by various sovereign works. The pulley is the way for me to begin, this is a work which has developed through a series of works of which i’ve been working on for many months now and this being the most recent version.

As a functional device, it carries both physical and metaphorical weight. It’s made of various cheap materials which have been transformed in a deceiving manner to endow it with another quality of value. i see this in the end as a figure suspended in space and time by chains. if one looks to the light box on the wall, after reading it is recognizable as a letter written to a person from a rabbi, the letter is a resonse to an individual which can be deduced to be in prison. In the letter a tructure for understanding the work is given. Hints are made at themes and motives and images which can then be found in the other works around which this is hung. Either a metaphor to time slipping over the prisoners organ s like the wool over the wheel of the loom as in the case with the pulley, or to the calming escape of mind through the activity of tennis.

Shalom Carl Andersson,

Your messages to me have been moving. Thank you very much for sending me the photo of you and Rabbi Lipshitz. i have also sent a photo of myself in response to your request. Though you’re not jewish, it is apparent that the grace of G-d resides within you and seeks to find its way into your daily life. When all others have turned their backs on you, it can be a period of extreme darkness. It is comforting to hear that you still maintain such a strong and clear disposition. Maintain this and feed your soul with prayer, for there shall you find your strength and earn redemption.

Our Holy Torah provides the basis and structure for you to develop an understanding of punishment and reward pertaining to your actions. There are many different forms of punishment specified. Repent. For all the embodiments of sin, there is an equal number of punishments predicated on the aspect of Teshuvah: though, all things considered, the torah does not include anywhere incarceration in prison as a method of punishment. The mention of such appears in the story of Yosef being held in the dungeon of the Pharaoh. This should not be interpreted as justification of imprisonment, but rather an example of Egyptian law and it’s methods of punishment. The institution of prison, the mechanic instrument of power implemented against living persons, ones capable of redemption, is clearly against the teachings of the Torah. You are a laborer of G-dliness. The prison is not anymore a place of torture and suffering. Today it is a place to keep away the potential dangers to society.

You are not a danger, you are a vessel of spiritual agenda. The replication of a ghost key to a building is nothing for which you should be damned. We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but rather the spiritual beings on a human journey. You now have something that many people in life never will have, and that is the time and freedom from society to go into yourself. Your mind is free. You are a holy vessel suspended in space. Time flows through you’re organs like the wool over the wheel of a loom. Many citizens outside in the world are never able to see past the facade of their daily routine or the pre-described notions of belief and trends. Let your punishment be a treasure trove of time and find comfort in the recesses of your minds’ space.

In the next weeks i will send another letter with more passages which relate particularly to what i mean here.
It is wonderful to hear that you are participating in the tennis matches with other inmates. I assume this provides you with some joy. How many people are participating in the games? It sounds interesting that you’ve found ways of passing the time in the courtyard by counting the flowers and studying the rocks. The world is a precious gem, G-d created the world as an uncut stone and our duty is to uncover the tremendous potential by shaping and polishing it. We can reveal the beauty through our acts.

When will you be able to get an appointment with the dentist? It is disturbing to hear that you have cavities, and that they won’t be attended to in the foreseeable future. You will be in my thoughts. I hope that the pain will subside. Stay steadfast in your faith. These times are not easy nor is there a way to see why we undergo such trials in our human life, but it is how you learn from these moments and how you act thereafter that define your personhood.